MSc Actuarial Finance Bulletin- 1st Year, 27th June 08

Information about Proposed changes to the exam dates, Term Dates, Lecturer Evaluation Questioner, Actuarial Practice Presentation Reminder, Exam Timetable and Central Library closure

 

1. Proposed changes to the exam dates

The following changes are proposed to balance out the exam load of the MSc Actuarial Finance students:

-Move the Actuarial Practice exam from January 2009 to Wednesday 15th October 2008 (note that your autumn term classes will start on Thursday 16th October and/or Friday 17th October depending on the electives you have chosen)

-Split the exams of the main electives (Advanced Finance, Pensions, etc.) so that the exams for the autumn term sub-electives (Advanced Investments, Pensions Economics, etc.)   will be scheduled in January 2009 while the exams for the spring term sub-electives will be scheduled in April 2009.

In order for the above changes to be implemented, we must have the agreement of every first year MSc Actuarial Finance from the 2007/8 cohort. If you have any objection to the proposed changes, please let the Programme team know by 5pm on Thursday 3rd July 2008.

2. Confirmation of second year electives

A while ago, you were asked to indicate which electives you were thinking of taking in your second year. It is now time to confirm your choice so that we can finalise the timetable. 

Note that for the main electives that will run in the autumn and spring terms, the 2 most popular main electives will be timetabled on Thursday. See attached sample timetable. 

A quick reminder of the second year electives: 

Main electives (for autumn & spring terms)

  • - Advanced Finance (=Advanced Investments & Advanced Financial Valuation)
  • - Pension (= Pension Economics & Pension Finance)
  • - Life Insurance (= Life Insurance Economics & Life Insurance Finance)
  • - General Insurance (= General Insurance Analysis & General Insurance Contract Design and Pricing) 

Summer electives

  • - Personnel Economics
  • - Credit Risk Modelling
    - Enterprise Risk Management
  • - Healthcare
  • - Securitisation and Reinsurance

 Please let me know your final choice (2 main electives and 2 summer electives) by the end of next Friday 4th July.  

3. Lecturer Evaluation Questionnaire   

If you have not yet done so, can you please fill in the LEQ (Lecturer Evaluation Questionnaire). Please spare a few minutes to complete the questionnaire. Your feedback will help us improve the programme.

 

4. Actuarial Practice Presentation Reminder

The second round of Actuarial Practice presentations will be next Thursday 3rd July.

 

5. Exam Timetable

The order of the Risk Management and Valuation exams on Thursday 24th July in LT2 has been confirmed. Risk Management will be 9-12pm and in the afternoon Valuation will be 2-5pm.

 

6. Central Library closure 28 June - 6 July

The Central Library will close between 28 June and 6 July to allow for completion of the building work. The Library will open with a newly refurbished ground floor on Monday 7 July

More information is available from the Library web site.

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/library 

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